MEDIA RELEASE
Thursday, 17
May 2012
FREE workshop on planting native carbon forests in
Bellingen!
Join Blacktown City Council in Bellingen from 9.30am to
4.00pm on Wednesday, 13 June 2012 for a
FREE Plan A Regenesis Forest workshop.
The workshop is for the benefit of landowners, local councils, employees of the Catchment Management Authority,
members of Landcare group, and other Non Government Organisation members, who
are interested in planting a locally native forest that can be used for
biodiversity enhancement, habitat expansion, stock shelter, a windbreak or soil
salinity reduction. The workshop also provides information on how people can
earn income through carbon trading.
Blacktown City Council will host the
workshop, having carried out a very successful Regenesis project in partnership
with Liverpool Plains Shire Council during 2008-2011. The project saw the planting of more than 222,000 native plants across 100 hectares of land and
established over 30 native carbon forests, on less productive areas of privately
owned farmland, Council-owned land and NSW Crown land.
Regenesis was made possible through a $2
million grant from the NSW Government through its Environmental Trust, and became a model for planning and planting locally native
reforestation projects that can create revenue for landholders through carbon
trading.
Rural landowners know the value of planting
native trees for stock shelter and wind breaks and to reduce soil salinity and
enhance habitat. The Regenesis workshop will
help participants understand the additional considerations needed to establish
native carbon forests and develop an income stream from carbon trading. The workshop comes at a critical time, enabling
people to understand how they might utilise the Federal Government’s Carbon
Farming Initiative in practical ways.
During the free workshop, the Regenesis
project staff will share their revegetation and carbon farming knowledge and
skills.
Experienced presenters will demystify carbon farming and offer mentoring
and advice as participants look to establish forests on their own land.
So join this special workshop to learn more about the Regenesis model,
walk through the steps needed to plan a native carbon forest and learn how to
register your forest for carbon trading purposes.
Register your interest in attending by
emailing regenesis@blacktown.nsw.gov.au or for more information, call the Blacktown
City Council Regenesis Team on 0423
784 019
This project has been assisted by the NSW Government
through its Environmental Trust.
ENDS
For more information regarding the workshop, please call the Blacktown City
Council Regenesis Team on 0423
784 019.
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